- Source of Wealth: Business and Television
- Age: 54
- Birth Place: Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, U.S.
- Height: 1.58 m (5′ 2″)
- Weight: 130 lbs (59 kg)
- Marital Status: Married (Richard “Richie” Wakile)
- Full Name: Katherina “Kathy” Pierri Wakile
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: October 4, 1965
- Ethnicity: Italian
- Occupation: Television Personality
- Education: Caldwell University
- Children: 2 (Victoria and Joseph)
Katherina “Kathy” Wakile is an Italian-American reality television personality who starred in the Bravo series The Real Housewives of New Jersey. It featured the lives of her as well as her family members.
Kathy was born on October 4, 1965, in the city of New Jersey. She now resides in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey with her husband Richard Wakile who is the owner or operator of NJ gas stations and their two children named Joseph and Victoria. Together with her daughter, they frequently participate in events that raise awareness for brain cancer. It is an illness that they take close to their heart after Victoria underwent two operations for the removal of her benign brain tumor.
On May 2011, Kathy joined the third season of The Real Housewives of New Jersey where she got placed in the middle of the confrontations between her cousin-in-law, Melissa Gorga, and her cousin, Teresa Giudice. Aside from her appearance in the series, she also introduced three product lines that included a cannoli kit for Dolci Della Dea, Red Velvet Cosmo’s ready-to-pour cocktail that is based on her favorite dessert, the red velvet cake, and the jewelry line Goddess Eye Jewelry that gives a portion of their sales to the National Brain Tumor Society. Wakile also wrote the cookbook called Indulge: Delicious Little Desserts That Keep Life Real Sweet.
In the year 2017, Wakile announced the opening of her restaurant in Bergen County with her husband, Rich. They called it Pizza Love and it specializes in desserts, Mediterranean and Italian food.